PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           21 October 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015252

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests, in effect, that his report of separation be corrected to show he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).

3.  The applicant states that he was a rifleman but he was never awarded the CIB.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  The information contained herein was obtained from his report of separation.

5.  The applicant entered the Army on 19 November 1940.  He was assigned to the Infantry branch as a rifleman.  He served in the European Theater of Operations from 27 November 1944 until 28 February 1945.  He was separated by reason of a disability on 29 August 1945.  (There is no evidence of what caused the disability.)

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 provides for the award of the Combat Infantryman Badge to a soldier who is an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, who is assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat.

7.  On 27 April 1999, the National Personnel Records Center authorized the issuance of the CIB and the Bronze Star Medal, based upon award of the CIB, to the applicant.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows the applicant is eligible for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge.  He has already been authorized issuance of that award.  He has also been authorized issuance of the Bronze Star Medal based upon award of the CIB.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the applicant a DD Form 215 to show he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Bronze Star Medal.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo___  __rjw___  __cjs___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015252	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991021	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.04	
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